Edition n.525 of Fiera Franca di Oulx : a fair born in 1494 to compensate the damage caused by the transit of the Charles the Eight armies in Susa Valley on the way to the conquest of the kingdom of Naples. From 1983 in the same day it takes place the “Rassegna Zootecnica dell’Alta Valle di Susa” a sort of zootechnical exhibition that turn into a big feast for breeders prized for their activities despite the difficulties of living and breeding on mountains. In this day local products are sold on the numerous stalls: cheese, honey ,mountain vegetables and fruits , mermelades, biscuits ,chestnut , delicacies of the season . It is possible to admire the work of the local school of wood carving , Valle Susa traditional costumes, to know the traditions , to listen to folcloric and occitan musical groups , to the local music bands and to see the transhumance . During the day in the centre of Oulx the streets are decorated in mountain and traditional way , with ancient farm tools everywhere. The fair itself is situated in the Region Sotto la Rocca , in Piazza Garambois there are some stalls and animations of the day ,on Via Roma , Piazza Dorato Guido , Piazza Masino there are decorations and temporal exhibition as well as musical animation
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